Biographical Info:

As a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist since 1991, I have had the privilege to come alongside my clients in their life challenges and help them grow, heal and move forward in healthier ways. In becoming who we are today, we all have faced difficulties and obstacles because life is hard! Many of us discover in time that we have carried wounds from our past that have caused us to develop unhealthy ways of coping with our pain. These can show up in symptoms like depression, anger, anxiety disorders, addictions, and other compulsive behaviors. The good news is that we can learn to reduce and overcome these symptoms through proven successful approaches based in the latest advances in neuroscience and human development (attachment theory). I enjoy working with both individuals and couples, and love focusing on relationships (from dating through empty nesters and beyond). For couples with marital issues and those thinking about getting married, I am a certified instructor for PREPARE/ENRICH, which is a program used for premarital counseling, marriage counseling and marriage enrichment. The program includes a comprehensive online couple assessment along with feedback using skills-building exercises. I am also trained in the evidence-based Gottman method for marital counseling and improving relationship and communication skills which has been very successful for thousands of couples. My areas of specialty are trauma recovery and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), including events involving death, assault, deployment, and accidents. I am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and have completed training approved by the EMDR International Association. EMDR is a very effective method for healing traumas of any kind and is also used with correcting negative beliefs (lies) about ourselves that have hindered us from living fulfilled lives. It is wonderful to see concrete results and relief for many of my clients almost immediately. For more information, I encourage you to visit the EMDRIA website at http://www.emdria.org and http://www.emdrinaction.com. My counseling style is real, interactive, strong and grace-giving, sharing who I am with clients appropriately. I use an integrative approach, bringing both my clinical training and seminary training into my therapy, though anyone not seeking this approach will receive my utmost respect and sensitivity to their world view. In addition to my practice, I serve as the Clinical Supervisor at Community Counseling Associates, Former Adjunct Faculty at Western Seminary, and on the Board of Directors for Mission of Grace Foundation. Professional Experience Licensed Psychotherapist in full time private practice since 1992 Supervisor of MFT interns & trainees since 1993 Adjunct Faculty, Western Seminary, 2009 – 2014 Seminar & Workshop Leader with special interest in Developmental and Recovery Issues, Visioning and Defining Your Mission, Practical Faith Specialty Areas Relationship Building, Couples Counseling Recovery & Trauma Issues Stress Reduction Counseling from a Christian World View Training CRM Basic Training EMDR Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

Specialties:

Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Parenting, PTSD, Relationships, Stress, Trauma

Biography

Jeanine is dedicated to help clients resolve and release the layers of conscious and unconscious unresolved trauma that keep them stuck in unhealthy patterns of thought, feeling, emotion, and behavior. Her deepest desire is to assist her clients as they uncover and rediscover their deepest truths and strengths to live a life of authentic self-expression, self-love, fulfillment, inner and outer peace, and joyful relationships.

Jeanine supports clients of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations in a safe, comfortable, non- judgmental therapeutic atmosphere.

Jeanine became a California State Certified Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Counselor in March of 2013 and graduated from Grand Canyon University with a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy in October of 2013. She has pursued additional training in; EMDR, Feeling State Addiction Protocol (FSAP), Brainspotting, The Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), Heart Centered Therapy (HCT), Alcoholism, Attachment, Anxiety, Intuitive Eating, Sex & Love Addiction, and Reiki Healing.

Specialties

Addiction, Adolescents, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief, OCD, PTSD, Relationships, Sex, Stress, Trauma